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FRANCESCO SKERL AND FCRREST J. GRAE, .OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THENATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, 0F DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPRATION OF oHIo,(Inconronsrnn ni may l 'ncxn'r-Issumo `Speciilciition of Letters Patent.

.ACCOUNTING-MACHINE.

' Patented May 4, 1920.

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To all whom t may concern:

` Be it known thatwe Faas' soo Sxnnn, a'citizen of Austria, and Foaans'rJ. Gaiam', a citizen of the United States, residing at n, in the countyof Montgomery and State of Chim-,have invented certain` n ew and usefulImprovements in Ticket-Issuing Accounting-Machines, of which we declaredescription.

This invention relates vto improvements lin accounting machines andconstructed to' issue tickets of several di'erent classes or and add thevalue on a totalizer as 'each 4ticket is issued.

In the accompanying drawings the invention, is-shownapplied to themachine of the 't full shown and described in applicatid; 802, 01for'Uniq States Inti-.ers Paient filed November 20,' 1913 by FrancescoSkerl. This machine is-only used, however, because it rmits showing theinvention to the best adan e 'and it is not the =desire to be limited tot is one embodiment.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple compact machine foruse in the ticket oiees theaters and in other places where.several-different classes of tickets having fixed' values are used. l

Another objectof thein'vention is to pro- 'vide an impro ed totalizer'actuating mechanism for machines-which are required to add :onlyafew'diierent fixed amounts. In the structed to meet the requirements ofany theater or other place where' the machine is to be ein loyed. Withdiiese and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essentialelements of which are set orth in appended claims, and a preferred formof embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to thedrawings which accompany and form part of the specification.

0f said drawings AIigurel'is a partai top plan view of the assembledmachine with the lid raised to Show the location of the cash totalizerthe resetting and the ticket counters.

Fi 2^ and 2B taken together are a substantially true section through themachine just inside of the left hand side frame.

Fig. 3 is a detail of one of the cams for operating the feeding rollereccentrics and ing devices. l

Fig. 1A is a front view of the mechanism shown inY Fig. 2" looking tothe left in said -fgure with some of the frames and other parts omittedfor the sake of clearness.

. Fig. 5 is a sectional view. of tlie machine `form. shown a singleactuator is provided. row

for one-class of tickets, two actuators f or another and three actuatorsfor a third class,

the actuators for each class being constructed to add a diierent amountthan the actuators for the other classes. A key is provided. ior each ofthe classes of tickets and -when one of the keys is pressed thecorresponding actuators areA rendered effective to '-drive the totalizerduring the subsequent operation of the machine. The arrangementy andconstruction ofthe actuators shown in the drawings is illustrative only.As will be clear later on, the number of actuators employed for eachclass may readily be changed and the actuators themselves may beconstructed to add any fixed amounts.`

In fact the principal advantage or' the' actuator construction employedis that in build'- ing a machine actuators may be put in con- 4, Fi 7 isa detail of one of the cams controlling the operation of the checkejectors.

i Fig. 8 is a detail of one of thecanis and Kitmen for operating theticket severing nives and the ticket counters.

Fior. 9 shows some of the driving mechan ism, but is intendedparticularly to show some ofthe mechanism for controlling the operationof the motor.

Fig. 10 is a section taken on the line 10--l0 of Fig. 4 looking in thedirection of the arrow. j

Fig. 10* is a detail of the number keys and the arms co statingtherewith for controlling the num er of operations.

.. \,Fig. 1l. is a section taken on the line 11i-11 in Fig. 2-B lookingto the right in said ligure with some of the parts omitted to exposeothers more clearly to view inking rollers f on the back of ticketprint- Fig. 12 is a rear elevation of the -mechanism looking to theright in Fig. 2^ with some of the parts broken away.

13 is a partial section on the line 13-13 of Fig. 4 looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Figs. 14 and 14 are details of cams and levers employed :for restoringthe mechanism controlling the number of operations of the machine.

15 is a section taken on the line 1F15 of Fig. 4, looking in thedirection of t e w. l

16 is a front elevation of the devices Ashown in Fig. 1,5 and looking tothe left in said figure. l Fig. v17 is a detail of the release key andthe arm coperatin therewitzh.

Fig. 18 is a detai of the cam and mechanism operated thereby forconnecting and `disconnecting the totaliaer and the operatingrmechanism.l

ig. 19 is s top plan view of the totalizer and some of its operatingconnections.

Fig. 20 is a section taken on the line 20-20 of Fig. 19 looking in thedirection of the arrow.

Fig. 21 is a section taken on the line 21-21 of Fig. 19 looking in thedirection of the arrow.

Fig. 22 is a detail of the transfer 'mechanism associated with one ofthe elements of the totalizer and some of the connections for restoringthe transfer mechanisml in case it should be tripped when the totalizeris turned to zero.

The machine in the drawin is arranged to issue tickets of three di erentclasses. The urpose of the dili'ernt classes is immateria but forconvenience. they are usually spoken of herein as the' first, second andird clam tickets dependingupon the value,

' the first class tickets bein of course, the

ticketsA of hi hest value. e tickets of each class are fe fgom a stripby independently operable feeding mechanism controlled by keys in akeyboard and as each ticket is issued its value is entered on a vcashtotalizer.

. The totalizer is actuated 4b tlireesets of actuating devices one foreac class of tickets. All of the actuators are normally disf connectedfrom the driving mechanism, but when a key is depressed to cause ticketsof a certain class to be issued the corres riding actuatin devices areconnected to t e driving mec anisni. Then when the driving mechanism isoperated to feed one or more tickets the connected actuator will drivethe totalizer a number of times corresponding to the number of ticketsissued. These actuators maybe constructed to add any desired amount butin the present instance they are constructed to add $1.25 for the firstclass tickets; 25 for the secondV class tickets and 5c fcntl'iethirdclass tickets. It is apparent,

of course, that thereprobably would be n use commercially for a machineto add f amounts differing to such an extent and to left across thekeyboard instead of from front to rear. One advantage resulting fromthis change-is that lit permits bringing the keys in closer relation tothe mechanism they control and thereby results in a much more compactmachine.

In operating the machine all that is necessary to issue one ticket ofany class'is to o crate the key assigned to that particular c ass. Ifmore than .one ticket isV desired, before the key just mentioned is oerated, it is first necessary to depress a key ari a digit correspondingto the number o tickets desired, after which the 'key for the class oftickets is depressed to reease the operating mechanism. -The operatingmechanism then operates one or more times', depending u n themanipulation of the keys and at eac operation a ticket is issued.

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The machine is arranged to be operated n either by means of a motor oran operating handle 50 (IF ig. 9 The motor used iso the type e motor,this gear meshing wi a. gear" 54 fastened to a driving shaft 55 (Figs.2B 4, 6,9 and 13) journaled in the side frameso the machine. Attached tothe right end of the shaft 55 is a mutilated gear 56 the locking portion57 of which engages a locking portion 58 of a mutilated gear 59 loose ona stud 60. Rigid with the mutilated gear 59 is a full gear 61 meshinwith a. gear 62 fastened to a shaft 63. he gearing just recited is soproportioned that for each two rotations o the motor driven gear 53 theshafts 55 and 63 will each make a complete rotation, but owing to theconstruction -of the mutilated gears 57 and' 59, the shaft 63 willcomplete its movement ahead of the lly s own an'd described in UnitedStates Letters Patent 1,144,418 is-v sued June 29 1915, to Chas. F.Kettering` shaft 55. The purposerof this is to permitand printingcomplete operatlon of riddim1r ft 63 before the mechanism driven by thesha shaft 55 completes its work.

The operating handle 50 has a one way drivil connection (not shown) witha gear 65 (Figs. 6 and 9) meshing with a ear 66 attached to a shortshaft 67 'ournale in the frontframe 68 of the mac ine. Fastexied to therear end of the shaft 67 is a bevel ear 69, meshingwith a bevel gear 70atta d to the shaft 55. These gears are so proportioned that foreachturn of the handle the driving shaft 55 makes a complete rotation.

As previously stated, one or more tickets may be issued at a time. Thenumber depends upon the number of operations of the driving shafts 55and 63, as the construction is such that 'each time said shafts operatea ticket is printed and ejected. The mechanism for .controll' the numberof operations of the"shats is substantially the same as shown in theSkerl application mentioned above. This mechanism comprises an arm 7.3(Figs. 9 and 11) which normall coacts with the motor connections 51 insu a way that operation of ,the motor and driving shafts 1s prevented.As' will be clear later, when the machine is to be operated, depressionof the controllin keys will resu t in swinging Athe arm 73 rom one tofive steps away from theV normal position in which it is shown and ateach rotation of' the driving shaitsthe'arm will be returned one stepvuntil it isiinally aoain in osition to stop the vdriving mechanism anbreak the circuit through the motor. The mechanism r .11..rolng-the arm73 will be described somewhat in detail later on'.

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lhe price keys are mounted in frames 74 (Figs. 2 'and 10) in such s. wayas to he limited to endwise movement. Surrounding.

the stem of each keyl is a' s ring 83 for returning the key to. norme)osition after its work has been completed. epression of any price keyreleases 'the motor and driving mechanism and couples the correspondinactuating and rinting mechanism to said driving mechanism. When theoperat ing mechanism is released by depression of a A[u 'ire kev devicesare rendered effective for .temporarily retaining the operated key in'on which is pivoted one end of a link 80, the

other end of the link being pivoted to one arm of a bell crank 90looselyr mounted on a shaft 78. The other urln of each hell crankcarries a stud 79 projecting through a cam slot 89 in an element 8l`igs. 2 and l0) loosely mounted upon u rod 82. The czun slot 89 is soshaped that when a key is depressed and the bell crank 90 rocked counterclockwise as viewed in Fig. 2 the clement 81 will be rocked clockwise nsshown in said fi ure or counter clockwise as viewed in ig. l0). (lne ofthe lower arms of the cle ment 81 is loosely connected to n link 84hui'- ing a-slotat its forward end engaging a stud 86 attached to un arm87 fastened toa rock shaft 8S. Then the clement 8i is rocked, as

just described, the shaft S8` will also he -rocked against the tensionof a spring S5. lt

,rock shaft 88. Looscly mounted on the shaft 88 is a lever 923m the sideof which is pivoteda bell 'crunk 93. The hell crank 93 has a shoulder 94normal] in engagement with the rearward end oi' t 1e arm 9i, being heldin engagement hy a springr 95 connecting the `lower arm of the hellcrank 93 and the lower end of the lever 92. Projecting yfrom ,the lowerarm of the lever 92 is n squure'sided stu'd 96 normally in engagementwith thc uppermost one of a series of teeth 97 formed in the forward endof a lever 98 attached to a rock shaft 90. By tracing the connectionsthrough it will be seen that when any price .key is depressed and theshaft 88 rocked, the

urm 91 on the shaft will copcrute with the bell crunk` 9.3 in such a wayus to rock the lcver 92 on the shaft 88 and thereby withdraw the stud 96from engagement with the tooth on the lever 98. The lever .98 vand shaft9!) ure then rocked in a counter clockwise direction.(Figs. 2l and l5)hv aspring 100 which Vis coiled about the shalt 99 und is heut ut oneend to engage n stud 101 attached to thc left hund machine frame, thcother end hcing in engagement with a lug 102 projecting laterally fromnu arm 103 rigidly mounted on the rock shaft 99.

` Fastencd to the rock shaft 99 is also u stepped plate 105 (Figs. 2", 4and 13) wljyh ut the normal position of the parts is so held that whenthe stud 96 sdiscugnged to rvlease the lever 96 the shaft 1M will llcpcrmitted to rock one step before the uppermost step 106 on the plate105 engages an arresting tooth 107. This arresting tooth is formed on ablock 108 attached to the side of a bell crank 109 loosely mounted onthe rock shaft 88. lVhen the shaft 99 rocks this one step the drivingmechanism is released and the motor caused to give t-he shafts 55 and 63a single rotation. During this rotation a ticket will be issued and theprice thereof entered on the totalizer.

When the shaft 99 rocks itactuates mechanism for temporaril ret" ningthe depressed price key in tpositiom the driving mechanism shortllter itbegins to operate then lockipg"\t "-,`epressed keys in and the undeprekeysout until the operation is practic completed. This mechanism fortemporarily retaining the keys comprises an ar ,|112 (Fig. 13) fastenedto the rock shaft 99 and a link 113 pivotally connected to the arm 112and havlng a slot 114 surrounding a stud 115 pro- 'ecting fr Qm-a lever116. The lever 116 is loosely mounted upon a shaft 118and at its rearend carries a stud 119 projecting under an arm 120 fastened to the rockshaft 78. Rigid with the shaft 78 is an arm 122 for each of the threeprice keys. W'hen the rock shaft 99 is latched in its normal positionthe link 113 holds the lever 116 and arms 122 in the positions shown,but when the rock shaft 99. is released its first movement will elevatethe link 113 to free the lever 116 whereupon a torsion' sp 121 enga inIr one arm ofa bell crank 125 ast on the s aft 78 will rock the shaftand the arms 122 thereon to carry a shoulder 123 on one of the arms overthe pin-124 projecting from the side ofthe o erated key. VThe upper ends123 of the ot er arms 122 will at the same time come below the pins 124of the two undepressed keys.

As stated above, shortly after the driving mechanism' begins to move thedepressed key is locked in and the undepressed keys out until theoperation is practically completed.

'This is effected by a cam 127 (Figs. 2, 4,6

and 10); In the periphery of the cam is a cut away portion 128. A roller126 carried by one armof the bell crank 125 normallyr rests in thiscutaway portion` but when the shaft 78 is rocked the roller is carriedout of said portion and held out until the shaft 78 is restored. As soonasthe shaft 55 begins to turn the cut away portion 128 is carried fromunder the roller 126, thereby locking the bell crank 125 and shaft 78against movement until the shaft has about completed its rotation.

As above pointed out the normal position of the bell crank 109 is suchthat the rock shaft 99 is permitted to rock a single step and thisresults in a single rotation of the driving shafts 55 and 63 to issue asingle ticket and add the price of the ticket on the totalizer. When itis desired to issue more than one ticket it is necessary to move thebell crank 109 lagainst the tension of a spring 129 (Figs. 4 and 13) toposition its arresting tooth 10T to engage one of the lower steps of thearm 105 before the rock shaft 99 is released. This result isaccomplished by number keys 131 (Fig. 1) bearing numerals to indicatethe number of tickets which will be issued if the respective keys areoperated. Pins 132 projecting from the ke s 131 cooperate with inclinededges 133 igs. 2, 10 and 10") of arms 134 attached to a, rock shaft 135and fastened to the rock shaft 135 is an arm 136 connected by a link 137to the bell crank 109. It is apparent that any movement of the rockshaft 135 will be imparted to the bell crank 109. ,The edges 133 on thearms'134 are differentially lnclined so that operation of different keys131 will result in different extents of movement of the bell crank. Forexample the edge 133 of the arm 134 for the key bearing the numeral 2 isinclined at such an angle that operation of the 2 key will rock the bellcrank 109 far enough for its arresting tooth 107 to be in position toengage the second ,step from the top on the lever 105 while the edve 133for the'key bearing the numeral 55? is so inclined that operation ofthat ke will turn thei bell crank 109 far enough or its arresting tooth107 to engage the fifth or lowermos step on the arm 105 when the rockshaft. 99 is released. .This' redetermines the number of rotations oftllie driving shafts 55 and 63. That is to say, if for instance, the. 5ke has been depressed the driving shafts wi make five continuousrotations and issue five tickets.

The ke s 131 are temporarily retained in depresse osition by arms 1 38fastened the rock sliaft 118. Fastened to the roc shaft 118 is also atwo-armed element 139 engaged by the torsion spring 121 in such a wathat the spring ho ds inclined upper en s 140 of the arms 138 in contactwith the pins 132 in the number keys 131. When one of the keys 131 isdepressed its pin will first cam the arms 133 rearward and after the keyhas been depressed far enough the spring 121 will return the arms toengage a shoulder 141 with the pin 132 in the operated key and latch thekey in depressed position. The inclined portions 140 of the other armswill, of course, at the same time again rengage the pins 132 in theundepressed keys. f

The second arm of the two-armed element 139 carries a roller 142pro'ecting across the edge of the cam 127. VVllien a key 131 isdepressed the element 138, will, of course, be rocked, this rockingmovement being permitted by the cutaway portion 128 of the ioo cam.Shortly after the rotation of the driving shaft 55 begins the cut awayportion of the cam is carried from under the roller 142, therebypreventing any movement of the element 138 and consequently locking allof the keys 131.

At the end of the first rotation of the shaft 55 a stud 145,'attached tothe side of the cam 127, will strike the lower end 146 of the element139 and rock the shaft 118, thereby releasing the depressed key. Thespring on the key will then return the key to its normal position. Therock shaft 135 is not, however, necessarily restored to its originalposition when the key is released, the return of the arms beingeil'ected by the spring .129, previously mentioned. At each rotation ofthe driving shafts 55 and 63 the rock shaft 99 and stepped arm 105 arereturned one step and as each step is carried down out (if enga ementwith the arresting,r tooth 107, the spring 129 will rock the bell crank109 one step until the final movement of the parts has been completed.Each step of the return movement of 'the bell crank 109 is transmittedthrough the link 137 so that by the time the bell crank has reached itsstarting point the shaft 135 and arms 134 attached thereto will alsohave assumed the normal ositions in which they are shown.

In o er to )ermit releasing any number key 131 which llas been operatedby mistake there is provided a release key 151 (Figs. 1, 4 and 17). Thisrelease ke has no arm 134 such as is provided for eac of the other fourkeys in the same row, but its pin 152 is in engagement with an inclinededge 153 at. the 'upper end of an arm 154 attached to the shaft 118. Theconstruction is suoli that if the key 151 is depressed the shaft A118will be" rocked counter clockwise (Figs. 2l and 17), therebydisengalging the arm 138 from the pin 132 of an ey 131 which has beendepressed and the ey 131 will then be iestored by its spring.

Operating mechanism.

As previously stated, when the machine is to be operated the arm 73 (Fig. 9) controllingr the motor is swung rom oneto five steps away 'fromthe normal position in which Ait is shown and is returned one step ateach rotation of the driving shafts 55 and 63 until it is again insitionV to stop the driving mechanism an break the en cuit through .themotor. This movement is imparted to the arm.73 throu h a link 161loosely connected to an arm 1 2 fastened to the left hand end of therock shaft .99. When the rock shuftis released and rocked by its spring1.00` as reviously described, the arm 73 will be raised 'a correspondingdistance.

The mechanism for restoring the shaft 99 and .thereby the arm 73comprises a bell crank 16:1 (Figs. 2", 4, l1, 1l and 14") looselymounted upon thc rock shaft 99. The upwardly extending arm of the hellcrank carries a roller 164 projecting into a cam groove 165 in i1. disk166 fastened to the driving shaft 55. The other arm of the hell crankcarries a centi-ally pivoted lever 167 to which is attached a stud 168projectin through a cam slot 169 in one arm of a belgi crank 170 whichis also loosely mounted on the rock shaft 99. The upwardly extending armof the bell crank 170 has a roller 171 (Fi 11^) projecting into a camgroove 172 in t ie side of ii disk 173 fastened to the driving shaft 55.At each rotation of the shaft 55 the bellY cranks 163 and 170 are firstrocked counter clockwise (Fig. 14) as a unit by their respective camgrooves. T he. cam groove 172 then rocks the bell crank 170 slightly ina clockwise direction (Fig. 14) relative to thebell crank 163 and. this,be cause of the shape of the cam slot 169, rocks 'the lever 167 toengage a square sided stud 176 thereon with the under side of which evertooth 177 on the rear en d of the lever 98.is at the time opposite thestud.' The bell cranks 163 and 170 are then rocked as a unit in aclockwise direction (Fi 2 and 14) thereby raisin the rear end o thelever 98 and restoring t ie rock shaft 99 one ste i toward its normalosition. The bell cran c 170 is then roclre slightly vcounter clockwise(Figs. .2 and 14) or clockwise as viewed in Fig. 14^-therebywithdrawingthe stliiizd 176 from engagement with -the tooth 1 Before the stud 176is completely' disengagxed however, a stud 181 (Fi 15) attac eci-to theside of the camdis 173 will strike the inclined portion 182 of the bellcrank 93 and disengage the shoulder 94 on the bell crank from the arm 91on the rock shaft 88 and thespring 95 will then rock the lever 92 toengage the -stiul 96 thereon with one of the teeth 97 Aon the forwardend of the lever 98 and retain the lever 98 and rock shaft 99 in theposition to which they have just been moved by the stud 176. Duringsubsequent rotations of the driving shaft 55 when several tickets are tobe issued at one operation, the spring 95 will cause the lever 92 andits stud 96 to copertte with the teeth 97 in the manner of a ritiiiningratchet, but in' order to make this retaining movement ositive andprevent trouble in case the spring 95 should become inell'ecti've, atthe proper point inthe operation the stud 181 engages a nose 185 on thelever 92 and rocks the levcrto, engage the stud 96 .with the tooth 97 incase this has not already been done by the spring.

It will be remembered that when a rice key is depressed the shaft 88 isrocket one step in s. counter clockwise direction (Figs. 2 and 15) andthat this rocks the hell crank 93I and lever 92 as a unit about theshaft. class actuators to the driving shaft so that When the stud 181enga the bell crank at each rotation of the shaft the connected 93 todisengage its shou der 94 from the actuators will drive the totalizer.arm 91 and the spring 95 or stud 181 rocks The actuators for the tix-stclass tickets the lever 92 to en ge the stud 96 with one are located atthe left side of the machine, 1o

of the teeth 97, t e portion 186 of the bell their position in themachine corresponding crank will rest agllliinst the end 187 of the tothe position of the first-class price key 75 arm 91 until the s aft 88to which the arm on the keyboard. These actuators are, as is attached isrestored to.its original posibest shown in Figs. 1l and 20, in the formof 10 tion. This, however, does not occur until disks having on `theirperipheries teeth cor- 75 the price key has been released, and, asresponding in number to the rnumber of previously explained, the pricekey is not steps of movementtobe im artedto the correleased until therock shaft 99 com letes responding elements of t e totalizer. As its nalstep of restoring movement.. f the shown in the figure first mentionedthe 16 price key is held depressed at the end of the dollar actuator 200has a single tooth, `the so operation the shaft 88 will simply be helddimes actuator 201 has two teeth and the in its rocked position so thatthe end 187 cents 'Iactnator 202 has live teeth. Rigid of the arm 91will still be in contact with the with the actuators4 are locking plates203, portion `186 of the bell crank 183. This one for eachactuator, tocoperate with 20 prevents manipulating the machine, as 1t 1S star wheels201 rigid with pinions 205 206 85 always necessary to a low the pricekey to and 207. These pinions are enga rel return to undepressed itionso that the spectively by the teeth of the actuators 200 spring can rockthe sha t 8 8 back t0 its orlg- 201 and 202 when the actuators arerotated inal iton to engage the arm 91 wlth the. as hereinafterdescribed and after the actua! 5h01) del' 94 0n th bell Cll'lnk 93before the tors have complet-gd thr Work, curvd por- 90 machine canagain be released by operation tions 208 (Fig. 20) of the star wheels204 of a price key. h engage the per'pheries 209 of the lockin Inreferring to the arm 73 it waa Stated plates 203 and aline the pinions205, 206 an that the arm among other things, stops the 207. At thenormal position of the parts s0 driving mechanism at the end of theopand during rotation o the pinions 205, 95 eration. In order to make itcertain that and 207 with the actuators remaining at the drivingmechanism is stop at the normal position cut away portions 210 of pro rpoint if the arm '73 shou d fail, the the locking plates v203 are underthe star rocgeshaft 99 has fastened thereto thearm wheels 204 so thatthe pinions are free to a5 103 previously jreferred to. This arm hasrotate. V

'a shoulder at its upper end'normaliy in Rigid with the actuators 200,201 and202 engagement with a block 191 (F1g-s.2B 10 is a gear 211 andbeside this gear 211 is a and 11) fastened to the side of the cam diskcompanion gear 212 fastened to the shaft 127. When the machine isreleased and the 63. In the normal position of the partsthe shaft 99rocked, as previously described, the gear 21] is held against movementby a 106 shoulder on the arm -will be disengaged tooth 213 (Fig. 2'?) onan arm of the elefroxn the block 191 to free the shaft 55 for ment 81.When, for exam le, the lirstclass rotation. At each step of restoringmoveprice key 75 is depresse and the correment of the shaft 99 the' arm103 is, of spendingl element 81 rocked, as previously 46 course,restored alike extent and during the describet, the tooth 213 will bewithdrawn 110 final ste of movement of the rock shaft and a broad toothpinion 21-Lcarried b the the shou der on the arm is a ain broughtelement engaged with the gears 211 and 212 into position `to engage theb ook 191 and thereby connecting the gear 211 and the prevent furthermovement of the shaft 55. alctlatgs filgid therlvitlti'atto thfe illri\1'1infg siat enateac ro iono tesa Totalwmg mchanwm' the pinions205, 206 and 207 will be turned As previously stated, the presentmachine a number of steps corresponding to the is arranged to issuethree classes of tickets numberof teeth on their respective actuaand se`arate actuators are provided for' tors. These movements of the pinionsare 65 each o the dill'erent classes. For the first transmitted directlyto the totalizers 120 class or higher Iriced tickets three actua-Vthrough the connections described later on. tors are provid arranged toadd $1.25 on The actuators for the second class tickets the totalizer.There are two actuators for are constructed to add 25 on the totalizer,the second class tickets' constructed to add the dimes actuator 215having two` teeth $0.25, while there is onl one actuator for and thecents actuator 216 having live teeth. 125 the third class tickets, t isactuator being The single actuator 217 for the third class constructedto add $0.05. These actuators tickets has but five teeth. The actuatorsare all loose on Ithe driving shaft 03 and 215, 216 and 217 and partsimmediately conoperation of the corresponding price key nected therewithneed not be described in E-v connects either the first, second or thirddetail 'because they are similar to the first- 130 class actuatorspreviously described and are connected to the drivingr mechanism bybroad tooth pinions 214 in the same way when the corresponding pricekeys are operated. A

The totnlizer in the present instance com' prises` seiten addingelement-s` rotatably mounted on a shaft 221 (Figs. 2, 19, 20 and 21)rotatably mounted in a stationary frame 222. The three lower orderelements 223 are driven by the actuatin mechanism just described whilethe four lgiighe'r order elements 224 are to record transfers and areeach rotated a step at the end of each comlete rotation ofthe next lowerorder wheel.

igid with each of the three lower order elements is a car, the gear forthe cents, dimes and do lars adding elements being designatedrespectively by the numerals 225, 226 and 227. These three gears meshwith gears 228 (F ig. 6) loosely mounted upon a shaft 229 extendingacross the machine. At the side of the gears 228 for the cents and dimeselements are gears 230 loose on the shaft 229 while adjacent the gear228 for the dollars adding element is aV gear 233 fastened to the shaft229. At the other end of the shaft 229 is fastened a gear 234 meshingwith the pinion 205 driven by the dollar actuator 20G. The gear 230 forthe dimes adding element meshes with a gear 236 (Fig. 11) loose on theshaft 237 supporting the pinions driven by the actuators. Meshing withthe gear 236 is a gear 238 secured to the shaft 239. Fastened to theshaft 239 is a gear 240 meshing with a. pinion 241 driven. by the-second class dimes actuator 215 and a'gear 242 meshing with the pinion206 driven by the dimes actuator 201 for the first-class tickets. Thegear 230 for the cents addin element meshes with a. gear 245 fastene tothe shaft 2 3?. Fastened to the shaft 23T is a pinion 246. meshing withthe cents actuator 217 for the third class tickets, a pinion 248 drivenby the cents actuator 216 for the second class tickets, und the pinion207 driven bythe cents actuator 202 for the first-class tickets. W'henthe firstwlass price key is depressed and the corresponding broad tooth'pinion 214 engaged with the com anion gears 211 and 212 on the shaft 63su sequent operation of the machine. will operate through theconnections just described to rotate the gears 230 for the cents anddimes totalizer elements and the gear 233 for the dollars clement. Ifthe second class price key 76 is operated the gears 230 for the centsand dimes addingr wheels will be rotated while if the third class pricekey 77 is operated only the gear 230 for the cents adding wheel will beactuated. On

the other hand it is apparentthat when, for' example, the cents actuator217 onl is operated the pinious 207 and 24S for t e higher value'tickets will be actuated but owing to the fact that` the teeth of theactuators arc out of the path of the teeth or. thc pinions the actuatorsfor the higher class tickets will not he disturbed. .kt the sanntirne,'as previously stated, the cut away portions of the locking plates 203rigid with the actuators will permit rotation of the star wheels rividwith the pinions.

he reason for providing the companion gear 230 and 233 "or the gears 228:neshm a'ith'igears 22 ,226 and 227 of the a( r ing elements is to makeit possible to dis-- connect the totalizer from ,the miuatinr mechanismso that the totnlizer may be more easilyv turned to zero. Otherwise, thethree lower order elements ot' the totalizer could he geared directly bymenus of an intermediate gearing to the pinions driven by the actuators.

Nornmllxv the com :animi gears are disconnected butat the ginning ofeach rotation of the driving shaft 63 they are coupled together by broadtooth pinions 251 (Figs. 2 (i. 1l., 18-and 20) rotatubl' i rocly(mounted on a rod 252 supported by a frame loosely mounted on a rod 254supported bv the totalizer frame 222. This f rame is rocked by means ofan arm 255 carrying a roller2 (Fig. 18) engaging u. cam groove 251' inthe side of, a disk 25S fastened to the shat. The cam groove- 25'? is soshaped that at the beginning of the rotation of the-shaft 63 the frame253 will be rockedrlockwisc (Figs. 2" and 20) thereby engaging thepinions 251 with tho three pairs of companion gears and connecting thethree lower order elements of the totalizer with the actuating mechanismAfter sullicient time has ela d for all of the actuators to performtheir function the sition, thereby disconnecting the totalizer from theactuating mechanism.

The transfer mechanism associated with the three lower order. clement-sof the totalwith each of the three lower order elements is a disk 261 onthe .riphery of which is formed s tooth 262, w lich as an addingelement-passes from nine to zero, will engage i the inclined edge 263 ofa, bell crank 264 pivoter] to the side of an arm 265 loosely mounted ona rod 266. The bell crank 264 is normally held in the. position shown bya spring pressed pawl'269, but when the tooth 10 frame 253 is rockedback to its original po- Il i) izer is best shown in Figs. 21 and 2 2.Rigid 262 enga es the edge 263 of the bell crank

